V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 Yup. That's the link! Try PCLOS-Phoenix (Xfce) it's pretty darned cool. I'm done with Gentoo for this lifetime, I think. I needed to fill that partition. I was considering Zenwalk or Vector Linux, but I don't have a Mandiriva-based distro on any of my systems, so... I'm in PCLOS right now, actually. I'm updating/upgrading right now, then I'm going to continue with my desktop preferences and customizations. Cool little distro... relatively light weight with Xfce, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) Hi Eric & SecurityAm not too happy with Basero and see there is no Open officeBUT will play for a while and SEE if HP Lappy needs this oneAnd like you Eric AM IMPRESSED with the latest 2009.4Cheers for yearsColin Edited October 29, 2009 by kamicota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 OOPS!!! Just installing it on thew Quad Bye Byes PCLinuxOS 2009.2Cheers for YearsColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) NMThanks Edited October 29, 2009 by securitybreach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 It's easy enough to install K3b and OpenOffice, Colin. No biggie. I'll end up doing that on my installation because I prefer those apps over the others usually available in these distros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Security that = PCLinuxOS Phoenix 2009.4 (from that download link)Cheers for yearsColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 NMThanksPCLOS - Phoenix Release Date: 09-14-2009Version: 2009.4Wow! We all posted within seconds of one another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Thanks, I figured it out.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 If you plan on using PCLOS-Phoenix, be sure to do the update/upgrade. There are 800+ updates; some fix some bugs in Xfce 4.6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Shoot :hysterical: this is getting to be like a soap opera ALL talking at the same timeCheers for yearsColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 If you plan on using PCLOS-Phoenix, be sure to do the update/upgrade. There are 800+ updates; some fix some bugs in Xfce 4.6. I do not have any version of PCLinuxOS installed presently, I just thought I would try it out in VirtualBox since Archlinux is not going anywhere anytime soon.Thanks for the information though Eric.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 EricThanks for the heads up re OpenOffice and K3b etc but for me Synaptic is the way to update etcIs this not so rather than Apt getCheers for YearsColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) Well EricAm Updating from Synaptic = 447 to download about 336 MB and not too fast (40 - 60KB/sec heatnet)Cheers for YearsColin Edited October 29, 2009 by kamicota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 Hey, Colin...Two things... you might find that about 7 items were not located on the server during the update. Just open the repos and change to another server. And OpenOffice and K3B are both installable via synaptic. I just checked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) Thank YOU SO much EricWill see what happens in and HOURs' PLUS timeHeatnet has never been a favorite here 4000+ miles North west of Miami OOPS!!! :hysterical: that was TampaCheers for yearsColin Edited October 29, 2009 by kamicota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 I usually use the Georgia Tech servers for most of my distros. They're fast and nearby me. I would recommend you use something a bit closer to your, though, Colin. You can go to the server in your browser, copy the URL, and then paste it into Synaptic as a "New" repo. Be sure to uncheck the old one and check your new one. Always leave the Tex - Open Source repo checked. You'll need some of that stuff. Off I go to beddy bye... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Thank you EricGeorgia tech did have some reasonable downloads here in the frozen North hehehe.Have never seen the --->>>Tex - Open Source repo anywhere in my travels but will NOW look out for it as Phoenix is just about updatedCheers for yearsColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 It's the last repo checked at the bottom of the list in the Repository window in PCLOS - Phoenix Synaptic. "Tex - Opensource" is just my abbreviation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Thanks again EricDid see that one ticked when I updated last night and will revisit it today when it is the Quads time to fire up.Cheers for yearsColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Well, fellow penguins...The Slackware 13 saga continues.Earlier today I decided that while it was really cool that I could run KDE 3.5 on Slackware 13, it just wasn't practical because it's not going to be supported. So, why bother? I can just keep running the more stable 12.2 w/ KDE 3.5 and be happy with that. I decided to reinstall Slackware 13-64 today without installing any of the KDE or QT apps. Instead, I'm running Slackware 13-64 with Xfce 4.6 now. It's stable and it works; the way Slackware is supposed to be.I've spent most of tonight customizing my Xfce installation. It's pretty cool. I think I can live with it. I'll miss KDE, but one day when KDE4 gets a bit more stable I might try it again... maybe when Slack 13.1 or 13.2 comes out. In the meantime, I'm enjoying my Xfce installation. I like Xfce. My only gripe about version 4.6 is that there is no graphical menu editor. They're supposed to put that back in when 4.8 comes out. I just finished adding a few panel applets and Thunar addons from the Xfce-Goodies website. Here's a screenshot...It ain't nothin' fancy, but it's OK. :)It's late... I'm off to bed. G'night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 (edited) Looks nice!!Thanks Edited October 30, 2009 by securitybreach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I've said it before: on my Slackware 13.0 install I have no trouble at all with KDE 4 . . . . but indeed Xfce is a fine alternative and very good windowmanager ! Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 If I were the only one in the world with KDE4 issues, I'd think it was something on my system. However, a quick Google search reveals many folks with similar buggy KDE4 problems. KDE4 has been buggy for me on two different distros even... Arch and Slackware13 (both x86_64). Oh well... I'll miss the Xtreme customizing that I can do with KDE3.5, but I'm learning to tweak Xfce now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 Well, just doing some odds and ends stuff today:- I made SURE that ntp was working in Slack 12.2, Debian, Arch, and Slack 13. I'll check CentOS, PCLOS, and Ark later.- Fixed an annoying Gnome panel issue in Arch.- Set PCLOS to boot up RL:3 (no X) as default (It's Slacker thing ).- Set Gnome prefs in Debian and Arch to be similar.- Simplified my setup in Slack 12.2... no more stuff on the desktop. Nice and clean looking now. - Did all my backups.It's not easy being mother hen to two main distributions and five experimentals, you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Well, just doing some odds and ends stuff today: - I made SURE that ntp was working in Slack 12.2, Debian, Arch, and Slack 13. I'll check CentOS, PCLOS, and Ark later. - Fixed an annoying Gnome panel issue in Arch. - Set PCLOS to boot up RL:3 (no X) as default (It's Slacker thing ). - Set Gnome prefs in Debian and Arch to be similar. - Simplified my setup in Slack 12.2... no more stuff on the desktop. Nice and clean looking now. - Did all my backups. It's not easy being mother hen to two main distributions and five experimentals, you know. Nice job. I have tried to maintain multiple distros on one machine but I always end up neglecting all but Archlinux. I guess this is because I do not reboot much except for a kernel upgrade every once in awhile. I do manage to maintain 6 computers running Archlinux though. I guess I am a one distro per machine type of user.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 A one-distro man, huh? Nothing wrong with that. I'm in a meaningful relationship with one distro, but I'm still a young enough penguin to be sewing some wild oats elsewhere at the same time. ;)This week, I'll probably spend my time finishing setting up CentOS, Ark, and PCLOS-Phoenix. I've only done prelim stuff in those distros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I'm a multi distro man. Debian No.1, sidux and 64Studio. Oh wait they're Debian too. Planning to replace 64Studio with AVLinux soon. AAaaaaah, that's Debian too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 You are definitely a Debian-centric penguin, Debrat... er, I mean Sunrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 ---UPDATE---UPDATE---UPDATE--- I'm downloading the new CentOS 5.4 in x86_64 version. I'm planning on installing it over my old CentOS 5.3 - i686. I'm seriously thinking about running it with LXDE instead of KDE, too. How 'bout them apples? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 Or maybe I won't install it with LXDE because I have to mod a Fedora RPM to get it to work in CentOS. Sounds like too much trouble to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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